West Indies romp to six-wicket win
England's bid to regain momentum after last week's Test series defeat hit the buffers as they were routed by six wickets with two overs to spare
15/03Result
Only T20I, England tour of West Indies at Port of Spain, Mar 15 2009
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![England]( "England")
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![West Indies]( "West Indies")
123/4 (18/20 ov)
Player of the Match
15/03Result
Only T20I, England tour of West Indies at Port of Spain, Mar 15 2009
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![England]( "England")
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![West Indies]( "West Indies")
123/4 (18/20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
RR Sarwan
59(46) 4x4 - 2x6
Control %73%
- Productive Shot
- off side drive on front foot
- 19 runs
- 2x4 - 1x6
SM Davies
27(21) 5x4 - 0x6
Control %57%
- Productive Shot
- off side drive on back foot
- 5 runs
- 0x4 - 0x6
Match Details
Toss
West Indies , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
West Indies won the one-off match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.00 start, First Session 14.00-15.15, Interval 15.15-15.25, Second Session 15.25-16.45
Match days
15 March 2009 (20-over match)
T20I debut
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
ENGLAND 121 (19.1 OVERS)
- Steven Davies27 (21)
- Andrew Strauss22 (25)
- Sulieman Benn3/24 (4)
- Lionel Baker1/12 (2)
WEST INDIES 123/4 (18 OVERS)
- Ramnaresh Sarwan59 (46)
- Lendl Simmons*23 (32)
- James Anderson1/19 (3)
- Amjad Khan2/34 (4)
END OF OVER:18 | 10 Runs 1 Wkt | WI: 123/4 | RR: 6.83
- Kieron Pollard4 (1b)
- Lendl Simmons23 (32b)
- Amjad Khan4-0-34-2
- James Anderson3-0-19-1
And that was a thoroughly deserved win for West Indies, they outplayed England in every department and while the scorecard shows they only won with 12 balls to spare, that doesn't reflect the manner of their victory.
England started well but fell apart, Benn and Sammy strangling the life out of the innings as the last nine wickets fell for 66 runs. West Indies also got off to a flier but kept going, and England gifted too many runs through extras and bad balls to give them any hope of pulling something out from the fire.
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17.6
4
Khan to Pollard, FOUR, and he does just that, short and pulled over midwicket and the batsmen hug even before the ball has reached the boundary
Kieron Pollard strides out to try to win it ...
17.5
W
Khan to Bravo, OUT, short, pulled square and Pietersen holds a low catch to his left
DJ Bravo c Pietersen b Khan 8 (11m 11b 1x4 0x6) SR: 72.72
One big hit from victory and Bravo would love to be the man to do that.
17.4
2
Khan to Bravo, 2 runs, chipped a foot over midwicket
17.3
0
Khan to Bravo, no run, smacked on the pads as he looks to flick the ball into the on side ... another loud appeal from Khan but the umpire having none of it and the crowd boo his affront for appealing
17.2
2
Khan to Bravo, 2 runs, neat clip past midwicket, Pietersen again helps earn his fee with a long chase round from deep square leg
17.1
1
Khan to Simmons, 1 run, heaved square on the leg side
Match Coverage
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